Improved clothes-pounder



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ORRIN J.. sTIcKLEs, or CANTON, NEW YORK.'q

`letters Patent No. 94,983, dated September, 21, .1869.

lIMPRcvsn: GLOT'HESJPUNDER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making paxt of the same To all whom it may concern 'use Vthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in attaching a -i rim or band to the loweredge or body ot"V a clothespounder, and projecting below the face or bottom part of said body', so as to prevent. the water used in washing from-flying upward, and in connection with suitable knobs or projections causing the water to be forced downward and outward through the clothes when a blow is given, and 'again lifting them from their comi pact condition bythe vacuum formed when the pounder is lifted. p i

Having thus in general terms premised the general features of the present invention, I will proceed todci scribe the same in detail, .reference 'being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, and the letters of refercnce marked thereon, in which Figure l isa perspectiveview;

Figure 2 is a view of the' bottom or face side; and

Figure 3 is a cross-sectiou, taken in a plane of theline :c x. 4

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. A, in the drawings, represents the body of the pounder, which consists of `a circular block, of convenient size and thickness, (and may be of other" form aud material,) to the face or lower side ofwhich are attached round or egg-shaped knobs or projections, B, andheld in place by (laurels, C.

A rim or band, D, is attached to the lower edge of the body A, and projects downward to about half the C mil n' degrees with the face. y I A handle, E, isfastenedin the centre of the top side of suitable length for opelating it.

clothes-pounders, but as `the water is prevented (by 'the rim D) from ying upward, a shallow vessel may terial.

forcing the water through the fabric, and it is also quite evident, that as the water is prevented by the rim I) from flying upward, it must be forced downward and outward through the clothes when the pounder the compacting eifect of the blow byl the vacuum formed within the rim D when the pounder is lifted, thereby permitting a continued passage of the water through them, while the rim D also prevents the water employed from being thrown or spattered from the vessel in'which the washing is performed.

The varions parts of my improved pounder may be made of any material which is suit-able, and therefore I do not intend to limit myself to any one particular material of which they are made, nor to any particular form of the body A, nor to any particular angle of the rim D therewith, as they can be varied in many respects, and yet the same effect as'hereinabove stated be aocomplished.` 4

What I claim as my invention and improvement in clothes-pounder, is-

The metallic ring D, in combination with the projections B, lpounder A, and handle E, as shown .and described'.

Witnesses: ORRIN J. STICKLES.

JOHN J osLYN,

F. G. MURPHY.

length of the knobs B, and at an angle of about sixty? This device is used inthe same manner as other he employed' to contain the clothes and washing-ma- Itis quite evident that the cleansing is effected by descends, and that the clothes are again relieved from 

